gallant
意味
- (人・行為などが)勇敢な,勇ましい,雄々しい
- (物事が)堂々とした,壮麗な(grand)
- 《文》(男性が昔の騎士のように女性に)丁重で親切な;(…に)丁重で礼儀正しい《+to+名》
- 雄々しい(りりしい)男
- しゃれ男;だて男
- 女性に丁重な男
例文
All the soldiers were gallant.
兵士は皆勇敢だった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala (“good, well”), a variant form of *wela, from Proto-Germanic *wela (whence well), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited; luxurious”), related to Dutch geil (“horny; lascivious; salacious; lecherous”), German geil (“randy; horny; lecherous; wicked”), Old English gāl (“wanton; wicked; bad”).